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Done

Btw, uftmnes was not a solution to anything.

(03-24-2014, 09:49 AM)Titanomegistoterastiotatos Wrote: [ -> ]@MyRedNeptune
Congratulations! You got it!



Do you want to post a problem? Let me know, because I have something in mind

Nah, go ahead. I don't have anything at the moment.

(03-24-2014, 06:55 PM)Froge Wrote: [ -> ]Btw, uftmnes was not a solution to anything.

I know
I just use it for fun.

(03-24-2014, 08:41 PM)MyRedNeptune Wrote: [ -> ] Nah, go ahead. I don't have anything at the moment.

OK then.

A mad scientist has 1000 bottles of a new medicine, but one of them is poisoned. The poison exhibits no symptoms until death. Death occurs within ten to twenty hours after consuming even the minutest amount of poison. In just under 24 hours the king and the rest of the citizens, who are ill, are going to try the medicine. Therefore he must find the poisoned bottle and remove it until then. He has 1000 rats at his disposal which can be used to test the bottles (unfortunately this will probably result in their death if they drink the poison). What is the minimum ammount of rats required in order for the mad scientist to make it on time?

My best guess.

@Bridge

Unfortunately your answer is incorrect. If he follows your method then he won't know which bottle is poisoned because there is not a "1-1" correspondence (rat-bottle).

Not if he devises a cataloging system, which my answer assumed.

(03-24-2014, 11:12 PM)Bridge Wrote: [ -> ]Not if he devises a cataloging system, which my answer assumed.

Then I haven't understood it properly. How will he do it?

Numbers the bottles and rats, so that each bottle has a number corresponding to a rat and vice versa. Is that not allowed?

Yes it is. So you are saying for instance:

Rat 1 --> Bottle 1
Rat 2 --> Bottle 2
.
.
.
Rat 1000-->Bottle 1000

So if rat NO.666 dies then it means that the 666th bottle is poisoned. Is that what you meant?